Woman who threatened to blow herself up on train is shot by police in Paris

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The woman was taken to hospital and was said to be in a ‘serious condition’.

Paris police opened fire on Tuesday on a woman who threatened to blow herself up after allegedly making death threats and speaking in support of terrorism on a train heading into the French capital.

A police investigation was opened into the exact nature of threats the woman allegedly made while riding the RER C suburban train into Paris, and witness testimony will be gathered, the prosecutor’s office said. The woman was dressed in a long robe, known as an abaya, the prosecutor’s office said. Abayas are mainly worn by Muslims.Paris police said officers responded after train passengers reported that a woman was making threats.

The train station was evacuated. A search of the woman found that she wasn’t carrying explosives, the police chief said.

 

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